Anthony Bourdain biography is a profile of a man spiralling

Biographers try as best they can to walk in the shoes of their subjects. Charles Leerhsen, author of 'Down And Out In Paradise: The Life of Anthony Bourdain”, took it a step further: he slept in the same French hotel room where Bourdain killed himself, earning a unique perspective - and pushback. Photo: AP

Biographers try as best they can to walk in the shoes of their subjects. Charles Leerhsen took it a step further: He slept in the same French hotel room where Anthony Bourdain killed himself, earning a unique perspective - and pushback.

"There’s been some people who’ve criticised me, saying it’s ghoulish or that I’m the kind of reporter who goes through people’s garbage cans,” said Leerhsen, the author of Down And Out In Paradise: The Life Of Anthony Bourdain.